Saturday, May 2, 2009

What to do?

I have a bit of problem that I'm going to confess: I have a lot of stuff. Somehow over my (almost) 24 years I've managed to accumlate quite a bit in terms of wordly possessions. In anticipation of moving sometime this summer I have slowly been going through my room trying to weed out things I don't need. I threw out that binder of papers from the write on competition last summer, I have a bag of clothes ready to be donated, and I listed a bunch of my old college books for sale on amazon.

But then I come to my knitting. I have a couple of old projects that are finished but never reason. This sweater in particular comes to mind:

I finished it the fall of 2007 and have woren it maybe once, and I was at home by myself. The only reason I made this sweater was to use up the yarn. This yarn has lived a very toturted existence. I first made a sweater with but then realized I didn't have enough of it. I then made a vest with it and it was much too big. And since completeing this third incarnation it has sat around in my room and somehow developed a mysterious hole in the collar.

Sadly, I don't really like this poor sweater. The yarn is itchy and rough, a poor choice made when I was began knitting. The sweater isn't all that flattering and doesn't fit well. So what do I do? What does a knitter do when they have a completed project that they just don't like but have no need or use for the yarn? Should I toss it the donate bag? Probably but I feel bad tossing something I made.

So I'm curious what do other people do in this situation? Toss the unwanted project and move on or hold onto it in case someday another possible use is thought up?

1 comment:

A couple of things, I think this "boy's socks" project needs to be updated on the left. Next, if you think you have a lot of stuff, go look in my bedroom at my Mom's house. You might thing I still live there. Third, is the sweater itchy over other stuff? If you can wear a t-shirt under it an its tolerable it could always be some fashionable sailing wear on a brisk day that you won't be too upset about if it gets ripped, etc. Or leave it at the "boy's" dad's house or the "boy's" mom's condo.